Wow. This is just... wow. This is amazing. Thank you for reminding me why I am stalking you. All. The. Time. In that non-creepy and on-another-continent way of course.
Your Ray is a beautiful and scary thing. And the last lines... *flaps and flails*

There's soft hair falling across his forehead and a skip in his heartbeat like he ran too fast and he's not going to make it. He's getting what he wants. He's covered in blowback.

And it's fuck-up time.

...just.... One day you are going to kill me with your fic. One day. Just so you know.